La Mon restaurant bombing

The La Mon restaurant bombing occurred at 9:00 PM on 17 February 1978 when the Provisional IRA launched an incendiary bomb attack against the La Mon hotel and restaurant in Gransha, County Down, Northern Ireland. There were 450 people inside the restaurant at the time of the IRA attack, which employed the use of a napalm-like substance. 12 people were killed and 30 injured, and the PIRA was unable to warn the business until nine minutes before the bombing. The bombing was a part of the IRA's strategy to put economic pressure on the United Kingdom to force them to withdraw from Northern Ireland.